Titas de Bacolod

The one time when crab mentality is good and is advocated.  Saravia blue crab sells crab meat in different variants- claw meat, cocktail claw fingers, special, super lump, and jumbo! All will be available at the Silay Export booth on Sept.14-18 at the Negros Trade Fair! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});   --------------------- Follow me on Twitter @TitasdeBacolod Related Post: How An Endorsement By Vicki Belo Is Easily Spoiled...

There are three events which led to my writing of this piece.  Two are in the future, and one just happened over the weekend.Just a few days ago, we celebrated National Heroes' Day.  Often, we think of heroes as someone who valiantly fought a war or stood up against tyranny.  For us Titas, Joan of Arc is the default icon that comes to mind as we grew up in schools who took pride in their order stemming from Europe.  Inasmuch as there are the Filipina heroines such...

A post last week entitled "How An Endorsement By Vicki Belo Is Spoiled" made the rounds of social media.  In a nutshell, it had to do with Security Bank not matching up to what it promises in its advertising.  The post talks about Tata, who entered Security Bank's main office to open an account but left in dismay because no able person was positioned strategically in the bank's  Head Office Branch to entertain the query.You can read the story by clicking, "How An Endorsement...

Word has been out in the circle the EastWest bank is now taking over the retail banking business of Standard Chartered.  This means saying goodbye to Priority Banking of Standard Chartered.  Over at HSBC, they said that they would be closing down trust services and that clients would have to look for other banks to receive their instruments and investments.  At Citi, they've also closed down their Alabang branch.Tata said she was shopping around to look for a bank to take...

I couldn't believe my eyes the other day as I walked into Rustan's Makati through the back entrance where the steel carpark is.  There, on the mini-food court tables between the Vargas Kitchen and Via Mare Express sat the Imeldific one.  She was on her wheelchair having merienda with her attendants, two nurses in white, while her bodyguards were seated in the next table watching the Madam. Imelda in the mini food court?!  Now that was a sight to behold!  When I told...

Dear Tita, I am a college student in one of the universities here. We are a very close family with my parents and four siblings – two girls and two boys. My problem concerns my brother Gino, our youngest, who is in high school. He is the cutest, so good-looking, clean-cut and lovable. Growing up, he was very close to my sister Emma and me, and we were over-protective with him. He wasn’t as close to our brother, Roy, who is very much into sports. Gino didn’t...

Tita did not expect the virality of yesterday's open letter of Gabie Gasataya to go crazy.  It was insane really!Now we have people messaging us with their problems via the Send Message button on the Titas de Bacolod Facebook Page ( https://www.facebook.com/lastitasdebacolod/ ) .So now, as the "Tita Mayor", I am opening up "Hey Tita!"."Hey Tita!" is a venue for all who love Bacolod to send in their questions on life, love, and anything that you might want to share or seek advice...

Hinablos Gabie Gasataya used social media yesterday to call the attention of her biological dad, Congressman Greg Gasataya in relation to child support.   In her post, the Canada-based Gabie said, :(the reason i asked for child support is that i'm going to university this Fall. My program will cost me $50,000 by the end of 4-5 years which has to be paid starting 6 months after graduation. i was hoping to be spared of the huge debt -- even to minimize it with help from the congressman...

This came from Tita Ninfa Leonardia's column in the Visayan Daily Star, April 20, 2016 . How many times have I started to write this column since Monday? After starting a sentence, I would stop, start another one, and then another, and finally write something else, something that would not cause tears to fall on the machine, and have me bawling again. I admitted that I was in a terrible stage of denial, because I did not want to write about something that had caused such shock and grief...

Behind the Scenes with Ivy Visitacion  There was an air of joyful anticipation at the birthday bash thrown by Dr. Ver Lacson for Christian Gustilo, 26, at his sprawling residence.When I arrived, the aroma of irresistible scrumptious dishes wafted from the kitchen. A huge lechon dominated an entire wall of the dining area. I peeped at the chafing dishes on the buffet and was delighted to find my favorite party fare all spread out, ready for the evening's “attack”.It was so nice...

Behind the Scenes with Ivy Visitacion  Over a thousand fitness enthusiasts from the Negros Island Region, Cebu and Iloilo filled the St. John's Institute activity center during the staging of what is considered as one of the biggest Zumba parties staged in Negros Occidental in recent memory.The “Live Love Party” event started with a motorcade in the morning. Fabulous floats represented by various Zumba groups added attraction to the activity. G2D won as best float, while the...

After the black out in NAIA Terminal 3 last week, it puzzles us why MIAA General Manager Honrado can still hoodwink all of us into an assertion that he is still the best person for the job at the world's worst international airport.The DOTC Secretary is of no help as well pinning the blame on bad luck.  Bad luck?!!!...Secretary Abaya of all people should be the perfect person to understand what went wrong being a mechanical engineer.  As a person adept with numbers and statistics...

Behind the Scenes with Ivy Visitacion  It was truly a night to remember when the Montilla clan held a family gathering at Lina's Alfresco Dining in Bacolod, that is owned by a relative, where family members from all over gathered for an evening of good food, excellent wine, and renewed bonding.The turnout was fantastic. Relatives, who had not seen each other for so many years, happily greeted each other with beso beso y abrazo, speaking in Spanish, English and Ilonggo, all at...

Behind the Scenes with Ivy Visitacion What a fun-filled evening! The WoW (Women of Wonders) Ladies Club held its first quarter birthday celebration cum induction of new members recently at Bacolod’s Ambience Ballroom, Pavillon Hotel, on the theme, “A Hawaiian Luau”. The place was blooming with flowers of all colors and sizes as the ladies came wearing their most colorful Hawaiian costumes with flowers adorning their hair, wrists and beautiful leis framing their lovely faces....

Behind the Scenes with Ivy Visitacion  “Vin d' Honneur” is the traditional way of celebrating a bountiful harvest from newly-produced and processed wine in France. It is done in the Philippines to celebrate the New Year by diplomats and foreigners during social gatherings.For the first time, the VMA Global College celebrated its bountiful harvest for year 2016 by producing 658 students to become future professionals and businessmen in their chosen fields of endeavor.It was an...